Novato Community Events

December Events

Tuesday, 12/02

• 5:30-7pm 37th Annual Tree of Lights at Novato Community Hospital

Wednesday, 12/03

• 7-8:30pm Town Band Holiday Concert at Corte Madera Community Center

Thursday, 12/04

• 3:14pm The last Supermoon of 2025

• 4-7:30pm  Booth at2025 Annual Novato Tree Lighting at Novato City Hall

Wednesday, 12/10

• 6:30-8pm Birds of the Bay Area with Dick Evans and Hannah Hindley in the Creekside Room of the Mill Valley Public Library

• 4-7pm Annual Tour de Lights at Bicycle Brüstop, Novato
• 6-7:30pm 38th Annual Lighted Boat Parade and Fireworks in Sausalito

Sunday, 12/14

• 1:30-3:30pm KPop Demon Hunters at SF MOMA. RSVP required.
• 5pm Grand Menorah Lighting at Novato City Hall

Saturday, 12/20

• 2-8pm Ugly Sweater Party at The Keg Stand Brewing Co., Novato

Wednesday, 12/31

• 12pm Bouncy Ball New Year at the corner of Machin Ave and Sweetser Ave, Novato

Recurring Fall / Winter Events

• September 8 - January 23: Multicultural Marin Exhibit on 1st and 3rd floors of the Marin Civic Center, San Rafael
• November 28 - January 4 from 4-9pm nightly: Holiday Light Spectacular at Marin Center Fairgrounds and Marin Civic Center, San Rafael
• November 29 - January 4: Downtown Holiday Hen Hunt, Historic Downtown Petaluma
• December 5 from 6-9pm - December 6 from 10am-4pm: 2025 Holiday Crafts Faire at the Margaret Todd Senior Center, Novato
• December 6 from 10am-5pm - December 7 from 10am-4pm: Holiday Arts Fair at Muir Beach Community Center

Always Recurring Events

Weekly:  

• Tuesdays from 10-10:30am Stories and Rhyme Wiggle Time at the Novato Library. Ages 5 and under
• Tuesdays from 10am-10pm Kids Eat Free at World Famous HotBoys, Novato w/ paid accompanying adult  $
• Wednesdays from 10:30-11:15am Mart Littles Music outside Poppy Store at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur
• Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm Homework Helpers at Novato Library. Grades 3-10
• Thursdays from 8am-1pm Marin Farmers Market at 10 Ave of the Flags, San Rafael
• Thursdays from 10:30-11:15am Mart Littles Storytime on the Big Log outside Copperfield's Books at Marin Country Mart, Larkspur
• Thursdays from 6:30-8pm Insight Talk and Meditation at Anubhuti Meditation Center
• Saturdays from 10:30-11:30am Russian Storytime! at Marin City Library
• Sundays from 8am-1pm Marin Farmers Market at Marin County Civic Center 
• Sundays from 10am-8:30pm Kids Eat Free at Finnegan's Marin, Novato w/ paid accompanying adult  $

• First Wednesday of the month: Family Game Night from 6-7:45pm at the Novato Library
• First and Third Wednesday of the month: Music & Movement Storytime with Colors of Spanish from 11:15am-12:15pm at the Novato Library
• Every other Wednesday: Books & Bubbles from 10-11am at the Novato Library. Ages 5 and under
• First Thursday of the month: The Challah Club at 3:30pm at Chabad Jewish Center of Petaluma
• First Saturday of the month: The Home Depot's Kids Workshop at 9am at either San Rafael or Rohnert Park stores
• First Saturday of the month: Open House & Veteran Storytelling from 12-3pm at the Nike Missile Site
• Second and Fourth Sunday of every month: Marine Science Sunday from 10:30am-3pm at The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito. Pre-registration required.
• Third Saturday of every month: Makers Market from 11am-5pm at Mill Valley Lumber Yard
• Last Monday of every month (except December): Museum Mondays at 10am for Little Ones at the Charles M. Schulz Museum $10/child (includes 2 adults)